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DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Honourable President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind; Honourable Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Ram Naik; Honourable Chairman, Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Sri R.C. Bhargava; Members of the Board of Governors; Members of the Academic Senate; all graduating students and their family members; members of faculty, alumni, staff and student community; invited dignitaries, guests, and members of the media: I heartily welcome you all to the 51st Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. I would also like to congratulate the graduating students and their families on this joyous occasion. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES The academic session that ended in May 2018 has been truly satisfying, and I consider it a privilege to review our activities pertaining to this period. I am pleased to inform you that the total number of Ph.D degrees awarded in this convocation is 186, which is an all time high record in the history of the Institute. To encourage the project based research the Senate approved a new academic programme MS (By Research) four years ago. I am delighted to let you know the first batch of 25 students in this program is graduating today. In all 1576 degrees are being awarded in this Convocation with the following details.
Degree Number of recipients PhD 186 MTech 307 MBA 39 M.Des. 21 MS (By Research) 25 VLFM 40
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M.Sc. (5 year) 1 M.Sc. (2 year) 147 BTech-MTech (Dual Degree) 149 Double Major 11 BT-MBA (Dual Degree) 1 BT-M. Des. (Dual Degree) 1 BS-MT (Dual Degree) 1 MS-PD (MS part of Dual Degree) 13 BS-MS (Dual Degree) 56 BT-MS (Dual Degree) 9 B. Tech 505 BS (4 year) 64 Total 1576
Among 797 undergraduate students 147 students (i.e. 18.4%) students are graduating with distinction (CPI of 8.5 and above). IIT Kanpur is known for offering most flexible undergraduate and dual degree programmes. Flexibility offered by these programmes has led to a large number of students graduating with minors (some with two minors) are highlighted below: No. of students completing one Minor: 158 No. of students completing two Minor: 18 In addition by spending one year extra 11 UG students are graduating with a second major and 217 UG students are graduating with a masters degree along with a bachelors degree. To keep pace with the evolving knowledge in science and technology space, 13 new Undergraduate and 39 new Postgraduate courses have been approved by the Academic Senate.
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NEW INITIATIVES IN ACADEMIC COURSES Curriculum Development and Monitoring Committee
(CDMC) to review, monitor, evaluate and revise pedagogy and incorporate the state-of-the-art methodologies in the field.
MS (Research) programs in Aerospace Engineering from 2017 onwards and in Cognitive Science from 2018 onwards.
Biometric-based Attendance System for UG classes to un-
derstand attendance patterns and to come up with ways to increase class attendance.
PMRF (Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship) by the Min-
istry of Human Resource and Development. In the academic year 2018-19, IIT Kanpur will be offering 48 admissions un-der this scheme.
NPTEL, SWAYAM PRABHA CHANNELS
In the last semester, IIT Kanpur’s National Programme on Tech-nology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) Chapter supported Abdul Kalam Technical Univer-
sity (AKTU) by conducting a whitelisted course Non-Conven-tional Energy Resources for 45,000+ final year B.Tech stu-dents from 273 affiliated colleges.
Under MHRD’s Swayam Prabha initiative of taking education Directly to Home (DTH), 32 DTH channels have been started out of which IIT Kanpur is currently managing the channels 16 and 17. These channels broadcast the NPTEL course con-tent in mechanical engineering, humanities and social sci-ences and management 24x7.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IIT Kanpur has registered steady growth in its research and development activities this year. Some of the highlights are mentioned below:
626 externally funded ongoing projects with a total sanc-
tioned amount of Rs. 795 crore. 179 sponsored projects worth Rs. 182 crore 128 consultancy projects worth Rs. 23 crore. Leading Funding Agencies of the year:
Leading Funding Industry Partners:
(A list of major projects granted this year is given at the end of the Report.) MAJOR PROJECTS SANCTIONED Indigenous 5g Test Bed Design: Funded by the Department of Telecommunication, a 5G testbed is being built in-house to enable Indian industry and academia to achieve the 5G technology development and implementation plans. This testbed will
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demonstrate state-of-the-art 5G technologies such as massive MIMO, millimeter wave, IOT, and software-defined networking.
Design, Retrofitment, and Development of Methanol Fuelled Large Bore Engine for Locomotive, Marine, and Power Generation Applications: Funded by the Department of Science and Technology, the Institute and the Indian Railways (RDSO) are working closely to develop the world's first methanol fuelled locomotive engine that will significantly reduce the harmful particulate emissions without using any exhaust gas after treatment technology. Design & Development of Aquatic Autonomous Observatory (Niracara Svayamsasita Vedhshala-NSVs) for In Situ Monitoring, Real-Time Data Transmission & Web-Based Visualization: funded by IUSSTF, it is a collaborative project between IIT Kanpur and WHOI, USA to develop a low-cost, multi-parameter, water quality platform that will have several in-house developed sensors and auto-sampling capability for durable and reliable real-time monitoring of Indian Rivers.
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Air Quality Monitoring Streaming Analytics on Temporal Variables from Air Quality Monitoring (SATVAM): Funded by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, it is a large, multi-institutional project with IIT Bombay and IISc as collaborating institutes from India and Duke University, USA. . Lack of spatially and temporally distributed air quality information does not enable a scientific study of its impact on human health and the national economy. The key objective of this project is to scale air quality monitoring by developing low-cost, energy self-sufficient air quality sensors that can be calibrated on the fly to transmit data seamlessly via cloud servers. A system like SATVAM will allow policymakers and citizens at large to deploy data-driven control and preventive mechanisms.
UI-ASSIST (US-India collaborative for Smart Distribution System with Storage): IIT Kanpur is leading a Pan-India consortium from technical institutes, utilities, and industries on a five-year joint Indo-US research project. The consortium from the USA is being led by Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, WA. Funded by DST, IUSSTF, US Department of Energy (DOE), the project aims at addressing the essential issues related to the
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adoption and deployment of smart grid concepts along with distributed energy resources (DERs) including storage in the distribution network for its efficient and reliable operation. Analysis and technology tools for smart operations of interconnected microgrids including DER and storage will also be developed. In addition to developing technical solutions, the project will also investigate the social acceptance, impact, and value of the integrative solutions of smart meters, renewable energy, storage and microgrid solutions, along with the policy implications. A key component of the joint program is the demonstration of the technology at ten lab level pilots and ten field demonstration pilots covering the rural, semi-urban and urban settings involving residential, commercial and industrial consumers.
Development of Nano-Bio-Platforms For Early Diagnostics of Chronic Diseases: Funded by the Department of Science and Technology,it aims to fabricate nanobiotechnology-based platforms for early-stage biomarkers for diagnosis of oral cancer, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and related pathogens, using samples sourced from saliva and other body fluids. The proposed
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deliverables include paper-based, microfluidic chip for early diagnosis of oral cancer and formation of 3D-cryogel matrices for cancer growth modeling through bioprinting approach, and an Electrochemical sensor for TB detection and peptide-based matrices for pathogen neutralization. Development of National Blockchain and Demonstrate two Strategic Applications: Funded by National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC), IIT Kanpur will research and develop indigenous blockchain platforms which while cryptographically secured will enable transparent and efficient e-governance The project is planned in 3 phases, first a feasibility study and identification of agencies to pilot with, research and prototyping phase, and finally an incubation phase. In the incubation phase, an IIT Kanpur incubated company will produce the solution and provide solution engineering to various agencies for blockchain based transparent e-governance. Center for Energy Regulation (CER) - Strengthening Regulatory Research & Network in the Power Sector: Funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), Government of UK, the Center will enhance regulatory research and networking to understand and analyze the key issues in the Indian power sector, while working in close cooperation with Electricity Regulatory Commissions (ERCs), electric utilities and the academia. It also aims to develop networks with institutions in India and abroad. The SPICE model titled ASM- THEMT has been selected as the world's first industry standard model for Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistor (GaN HEMT) by Silicon Integration Initiative's Compact Model Coalition (CMC). The Industry standard models are selected after rigorous evaluation and validation of multiple technologies by the semiconductor industry. The model will now be available in Electronic Design Automation software, and will be used by major semiconductor and EDA companies worldwide. GaN HEMT is widely used in RF
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power amplifiers and power electronics applications. GaN HEMTs will be key to design power amplifiers for future 5G technology. The Government of India is considering setting up a GaN foundry near Bengaluru. DRDO and ISRO are also actively working on developing this technology for defense and space applications. RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE The Department of Aerospace Engineering received a FIST grant
of DST with total support of Rs. 4.53 crore approximately for a
five-year period to strengthen the research facilities. This funding
support is being used to help initiate/expand the research
capability in the following areas:
High enthalpy high speed flows
Advanced flow diagnostics
Improving the mechanical integrity of aerospace
materials
Unmanned Aerial Systems.
The following cutting-edge equipment/facilities will be
developed with this funding:
Free Piston/Expansion Tube Facility and essential instru-
mentation
Nd YAG Laser (for upgradation of existing equipment)
Multi-Material Laser Sintering system
Rayleigh Thermography setup
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) setup.
The Department of Electrical Engineering also received FIST
grant of DST. The funds are being used for setting up:
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power-device and load-pull characterization system for
high power IV, noise, and large-signal high-frequency
measurements of nanoscale CMOS and power devices,
time-resolved correlation measurement system for pho-
tonic devices
Reliability evaluation system for power electronic con-
verters
Automated antenna positioner system for characteriza-
tion of three dimensional radiation patterns of antenna in
the Department's anechoic chamber.
Some of the other sophisticated facilities set up in the Institute
during this year are listed at the end of this report.
INDUSTRY COLLABORATION
IIT Kanpur, being a premier technological institute in the country,
works closely with industry partners with the objective of adding
value to their products and services, the larger goal being to bring
in novel solutions to the society at large.
This year, the Institute undertook to prepare a policy document
on EVs & HVs vs FFVs in India for Maruti Suzuki India limited. An
MOU was also signed in this regard.
NETRA initiated a few projects with Civil and Electrical
Engineering departments in addition to what is already in
progress in the Electrical and Aerospace Engineering
departments.
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PROJECTS UNDER UAY
IIT Kanpur has obtained
approval for four projects
under the Uchchatar
Avishkar Yojana,
Ministry of Human Resource and Development:
Aircraft Engine Combustor Design for Improved Operabil-
ity, Durability, Pattern Factor and Emissions in collabora-
tion with GE India Industrial Private Limited
Development of Polymeric Biodegradable Packaging Mate-
rials in collaboration with Reliance India Limited
Addressable Peptide-Polymer Electrospun Nanofibers for
Cell Sorting, Diagnostics and Delivery with E-Spin Nano-
tech Pvt Ltd.
Fabrication of New Generation Self-Resorbing Implants
and Devices from Bioactive and Biodegradable Materials
for Orthopedic Applications with Ortho Regenics Private
Limited.
IIT Kanpur celebrated National Science Day on February 28, 2018
with a thematic workshop on ‘Science and Technology for a
Sustainable Future’, organized by the Centre for Environmental
Science and Engineering (CESE). The Institute celebrated
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National Technology Day on May 11, 2018. The event was
organized by the National Centre of Flexible Electronics
(NCFlexE), IIT Kanpur Prof. Y.N. Mohapatra delivered a lecture
titled, “What if Electronics is Flexible?” and more than 400 school
children attended the talk.
INNOVATION AND INCUBATION
During the year, 53 patents including 8 design patents were filed,
and 21 previously filed patents were granted, besides one
technology titled “Anti-Counterfeiting Mark with 3-D Features”
getting licensed for commercialization.
Till date, 35 design patents and 451 Indian patents have been
filed, out of which 84 patents have been granted so far along with
56 technologies licensed for commercialization.
A total of 57 companies are currently incubated at SIDBI
Innovation and Incubation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur and 48 have
graduated so far.
BIRAC has approved the second phase of funding of Rs. 1.9 crore
under its scheme entitled BioNEST (Bioincubators Nurturing
Entrepreneurship for Scaling Technologies) to provide financial
support for the expansion of BIRAC-Bio-NEST Facility at IIT
Kanpur.
SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Center (SIIC) at IIT Kanpur has
been selected as the 6th Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG)
Partner of DBT for BIRAC’s flagship programme BIG.
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BIRAC has approved seed fund of Rs. 100 lakh to provide funding
to the start-up companies in Biotech space up to Rs. 30 lakh per
startup as equity support.
National Research & Development Corporation, New Delhi has
given funding to setup Innovation Facilitation Centre (IFC) at IIT
Kanpur. The Innovation Facilitation Center has the mandate of
promoting the Innovation Ecosystem and has facilitated filing of
53 Patents during the financial year 2017-18.
Some of the awards of SIIC and its incubatee companies are listed
in the table below:
Award Recipient
ISGF Innovation Award 2018 – Smart Incubator of the Year
SIDBI Innovation & Incubation Centre
TiE UP Award 2018 - Young Entrepreneur of the Year
GT Silicon Private Limited and Inertial Elements
Winner at the GSEA South Asia Final Competition
PROSOC Innovators
Finalist of Ericsson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award, IUSSTF Innovation Award
Kritsnam Technologies
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Other achievements:
Aarav Unmanned Systems has raised an undisclosed amount
in pre-Series funding from GrowXVentures, 500 Startups and
BellWether Advisors in March 2018. The first round of funding
was received by StartupXseed, 3ONE4 Capital and Sanjay
Jesrani aided by ValPro’s Enablers.
APCEGEN Technologies has been selected by DBT to represent
Indian Pavilion at Boston in May 2018.
Oxen Farm Solutions was acknowledged at Rashtrapati Bha-
wan in their program for modernizing agriculture.
Krishi Hub was recognized as Top 10 Agriculture Solutions
Provider by Silicon India Startup City.
National Center for Flexible Electronics at IIT Kanpur has de-
veloped one of a kind technology for detecting fake goods.
Transpacks Technologies incubated at SIIC manufactured one
lakh such labels and shipped to a multinational company.
Help Us Green, a company incubated at SIIC, has developed
the world’s first temple-waste solution. The company has a
total of 6 patents are in the pipeline. For the financial year
2018, the revenue rate for the company is around Rs. 2 crore
and funding amounting to $356,000 has been raised till date
from various funders. Help Us Green has been featured in
Forbes 30/30, CNBC Awaaz, and Stanford Special Review.
The incubation and innovation ecosystem at IIT Kanpur is be-
ing prefessionalized by means of a Section 8 company.
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INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC COLLABORATIONS Recognizing the value of international cooperation, the Institute has signed MoUs with many foreign institutions for collaboration in academic and research activities.
The list includes Ecole Nationale Superieure D Arts et Metiers
from France; Heidelberg University and Faculty of Management
and Economics of Leipzig University from Germany; Katanov
Khakass University from Russia; University of Seville and
University of Santiago de Compostella from Spain; University of
Buffalo from the USA; Sharif University of Technology and
Alazahra University from Iran; Nanjing University of Science and
Technology from China; Shibaura Institute of Technology and
School of Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science
and Technology and University of Tokyo from Japan, amongst
others.
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FINANCIAL RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
(In Rs. lakh)
S No. Comparative Heads Comparative
Statement of
Donations
2016-17 2017-18
A Donations 762 1076
A1 On the basis of origin
1 Domestic 249 353
2 Foreign 513 723
A2 No. of Donors 461 2234
1 Domestic 266 1613
2 Foreign 185 621
A3 No. of Donations 547 2564
A4 Notable Contributions
under different initiatives
1 Infrastructure and Social
Initiatives
439 551
2 Academic and Student
Initiatives
89 173
3 Batch Contributions 88 121
B Corporate Social
Responsibility
1 MoU signed with no. of
companies
7 4
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2 Total value of MoU
signed/extended
985 167
3 Funds received during the
year for all MoU signed till
closing of Financial Year
145 330
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Purpose Amount
(in Rs.)
Class of 1963 Batch Fund 26,81,820
Class of 1968 Batch Fund 51,32,962
Class of 1993 Batch Fund 23,18,951
Class of 1997 Batch Fund 13,16,210
Opportunity School Building 1,96,31,525
Motwani Incubator & Accelerator 3,21,28,750
Student Endowment Scholarship (Low income
group)
35,77,571
Mrs. Ratna Kaushik & Dr. Bhooshan Lal
Scholarship
10,00,000
Sandeep & Vineeta Agarwal Scholarship 6,75,000
Tarun Sondhi Memorial Scholarship 6,84,000
Prof. Sanjeev K Agrawal Endowment Fund 26,19,921
Students-Undergraduate Research & Graduate Excellence
(SURGE), an outreach program for students from other
institutions in the country, supported by alumni contributions,
was conducted during the summer of 2017. The selection of
participants is highly competitive as thousands of applications
from various institutions are received, and this testifies to the
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increasing popularity of the program among students across the
nation.
No. Particulars SURGE 16 SURGE 17
1. No. of Applications 1600 1200
2. No. of Participants 92 103
3. No. of faculty members
from IIT Kanpur mentoring
73 73
ALUMNI IMPACT
A. Notable achievements in the field of Science and Technol-
ogy by our alumni:
Our distinguished and respectable alumni have been proud
recipients of various honours and awards in various categories
during F.Y. 2017-18 as shown below:
Category of Award Number of Awards
Academic Awards 60
Industrial Awards 4
Government Awards 2
Some of the major achievements are as follows:
Award Name of Alumni Award Endowed by
College of Fellows
Prof. Kalpana Katti
(MSc2/PHY/1989)
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
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2018 Guggenheim Fellow, Member of National Academy of Sciences
Prof. Arup K. Chakraborty
(BT/CHE/1983)
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, National Academy of Sciences
Fellowship Prof. Debabrata Goswami
(MSC2/CHM/1988)
Institute of Physics
Fellowship Prof. Sudeshna Sinha
(MSc5/CHM/1985)
Prof. Sandhya S.
Visweswariah
(MSc2/CHM/1980)
Prof. Shiraz N. Minwalla
(MSc5/PHY/1995)
Prof. Amitabha
Chattopadhyay
(MSc2/CHM/1980)
The World Academy of Sciences
Member Prof. Jayadev Misra (BT/EE/1969) Prof. Mukul Mani Sharma (BT/CHE/1980) Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala (BT/EE/1975)
National Academy of Engineering
Padma Shri 2018
Mr. Arvind K. Gupta (BT/EE/1975)
Republic of India
H. K. Firodia Vijnan Bhushan Award 2017, UNESCO Medal 2017
Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
(BT/CHE/1982)
HK Firodia Foundation, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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PLuS Alliance Prize 2017
Dr. N. R. Narayana Murthy
(MT/EE/1969)
Prof. Veena Sahajwalla
(BT/MME/1986)
The PLuS Alliance
Foreign Associate of National Academy of Sciences
Prof. Manindra Agrawal (BT/PhD/CSE/1986/1991)
National Academy of Sciences
B. Notable entrepreneurial endeavours by some of our
alumni:
Name of the Alumni Entrepreneur in the field of
Rohit Garg
(BT/CSE/2006)
Co-founder of Bengaluru-based
fintech startup 'Smart Coin'. The
company has raised$2 million (Rs 13
crore) in a pre-Series A funding round.
Smart Coin is a consumer micro-
lending platform focused on the
underserved middle and lower-
income segments in India. It has
successfully disbursed 50,000
microloans so far.
Nikhil Upadhye
(Dual/CE/2013)
Suhas Banshiwala
(Dual/EE/2013)
Co-founders of Aarav Unmanned
Systems (AUS). The company has
raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-
Series A round led by GrowX Ventures,
500 Startups and Bellwether advisors.
The Bengaluru-based company
designs and develops drone-based
solutions for mapping, industrial
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inspection and precision agriculture
using its own proprietary drone
technology.
Mr. Deepak Garg
(BT/ME/2003)
Founder of 'Rivigo', a technology-
enabled logistics company. The
company has raised Rs. 322.5 crore in
Series D round. The company has its
own fleet of 2000+ trucks, a pan-India
network, best transit time
performance and customized
solutions such as LPCD.
Mr. Varun Khaitan
(BT/EE/2009)
Co-founder of UrbanClap, a Gurugram
based home services start-up. The
company has raised $21 million Series
C funding from Internet investment
fund Vy Capital.
C. Important positions held by some of our alumni:
Name of the Alumni Position
Prof. K. VijayRaghavan
(BT/MT/CHE/1975/1977)
Appointed the Principal
Scientific Adviser to the
Government of India.
Prof. Chandramauli
Agrawal (BT/ME/1982)
Appointed the Chancellor of the
University of Missouri-Kansas
City.
Dr. Mohit Uberoi
(BT/CHE/1986)
Appointed the CEO of Gerber
Technology, the world leader in
integrated software and
automation solutions for the
apparel and industrial markets.
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INSTITUTE FACULTY
Recruitment
In the past one year, the Institute has offered 40 faculty positions
against a rigorous selection from 855 applicants. Out of these, 23
new faculty members have joined the Institute. The
appointments per department are mentioned below:
Department Number of new
faculty
Aerospace Engineering 5
Chemical Engineering 1
Civil Engineering 1
Computer Sciences & Engineering 5
Earth Sciences 1
Electrical Engineering 2
Industrial & Management
Engineering
2
Mathematics & Statistics 2
Mechanical Engineering 2
Physics 2
During this period, we have also made 9 offers of post-doctoral
fellowships, 8 visiting faculty, 12 adjunct faculty, and 2
Distinguished Honorary Professors.
Awards and Honors
I am extremely happy to share with you that a paper authored by
Dr. Arun Shukla (BSBE) and Dr. Anand K. Jha (PHY) is published
in a prestigious journal named Nature Nanotechnology and
Nature Communications respectively.
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Dr. Abhishek (AE) has been chosen for the Abdul Kalam
Technology Innovation Fellowship of INAE for three years. Dr. S.
Ganesh (BSBE) received Tata Innovation Fellowship (2017-2020)
by Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and
Technology, Govt. of India. Dr. Yogesh M Joshi (CHE), Dr.
Amalendu Chandra (CHM), Dr. Sankar P. Rath (CHM) havebeen
elected Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr. Rahul
Mangal (CHE), Dr. Vishal Agarwal (CHE) received Ramanujan
Fellowship, SERB, Govt. Of India. Dr. J N Moorthy (CHM) and Dr. J.
K. Bera (CHM) have been elected Fellows of the Indian National
Science Academy, New Delhi. Dr. Surender Baswana (CSE)
received Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from
Humboldt Foundation of Germany. Dr. Laxmidhar Behera (EE)
has been elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of
Engineering (INAE). Dr. Sandeep Anand (EE), Dr. Joydeep
Chakrabortty (PHY) and Dr. Somnath Jha (M&S) have been
selected Associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
Dr. Anindita Chakrabarti (HSS) has been elected a Senior Fellow,
Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies (2016-2020) of Leipzig
University. Dr. Kumar Ravi Priya (HSS) received Fulbright-Nehru
Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship-Flex Award by
USIEF. Dr. Sameer Khandekar (ME) has been elected Fellow of
Institution of Engineers (India). Dr. Kantesh Balani (MSE)
received Swarnajayanti Fellowship Award 2016-17
ofDepartment of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Dr.
Krishanu Biswas (MSE) has been elected Young Fellow of Global
Young Academy (GYA), Germany. Dr. A.K. Singh (MSE) received
the Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Metals.
Dr. Debopam Das (AE) has been awarded the ‘Best Professor in
Aerodynamics' in the subcategory: Education Leadership Award
by Dewang Mehta National Education Awards. Dr. Arun Shukla
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(BSBE) has been selected for the B.M. Birla Science Prize in
Biology for the year 2016. Dr. Arun Shukla (BSBE) has been
selected European Molecular Biology Organization’s (EMBO)
Young Investigator. Dr. Sachchida N Tripathi (CE), Dr. Manindra
Agarwal (CSE), Dr. Vinod K Singh (CHM) and Dr. Sandeep Verma
(CHM) have been chosen for felicitation by the Government of
Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Yogesh M Joshi (CHE) received RPG Life
Sciences M. M. Sharma Gold Medal by Indian Institute of Chemical
Engineers. Dr. Ashutosh Sharma (CHE) was honored with the
UNESCO Medal 2017 for contributions to and development of
nanosciences and nanotechnology. Dr. K. Srihari (CHM) and Dr.
A.K. Chaturvedi (EE) (presently Director, IIT Roorkee) have been
awarded the prestigious INSA Teachers Award (2017). Dr.
Jitendra K. Bera (CHM) has been selected for the C. N. R. Rao
National Prize in Chemical Sciences 2018. Dr. Sandeep Verma
(CHM) has been selected for the MRSI-ICSC Superconductivity &
Materials Science Annual Prize by the Material Research Society
of India for the year 2018. Dr. T.V. Prabhakar (CSE) received
Teaching Innovator Award-2016 by MHRD, New Delhi. He also
received SKOCH GOLD Award in the category of "Technology for
Growth" for the AgMOOC project. Dr. Amey Karkare (CSE), Dr.
Purushottam Kar(CSE) and Dr. T V Prabhakar (CSE) received Best
faculty of the year in the category of Evangelizing and
Contributing to Spread of knowledge across several Institutions;
Innovative Application of Technology Tools in
Teaching/Learning; Authoring Books On Contemporary Subjects
respectively by the Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter.
Dr. Sandeep Anand (EE) has been selected for the INAE Young
Engineer Award 2017. Dr. Debasis Kundu (M&S) received P.C.
Mahalanobis award by Operation Research Society of India. Dr.
Avinash Kr. Agarwal (ME) received the 6th edition of the India
Research Excellence- Citation Awards by Clarivate Analytics. Dr.
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Gautam Biswas (ME) (presently Director, IIT Guwahati) has been
awarded Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa) by NIT Agartala.
Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh (MSE) received Young Metallurgist
of the Year 2017 Award by The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM),
India. Dr. Ashish Garg (MSE) received Newton Prize Award for
DST-RCUK APEX Project by UK National Commission for UNESCO.
Dr. Kallol Mondal (MSE) received Mascot National Award by
Electrochemical Society of India. Dr. Krishanu Biswas (MSE)
received Metallurgist of the Year, 2017 in Metal Sciences Category
by Ministry of Steels, Government of India. Dr. Surender Baswana
(CSE) and Dr. Anish Upadhyaya (MSE) received Distinguished
Teacher Award 2017 by Indian Institute Technology Kanpur. Dr.
H.C. Verma (PHY) has been awarded the Maulana Abdul Kalam
Azad Shiksha Puraskar-2017. Dr. Indranil Manna (Former
Director) has been conferred the D.Sc. degree (Honoris Causa) of
the University of Kalyani (WB) during the University convocation
(7th September 2017).
The many prestigious scholarships and awards received by our
students have been a matter of pride and pleasure for us. Shruti
Agrawal, Saksham Sharma, Arihant Jain, Gargi Singh, Durgesh
Rajendra Agrawal, Yugesh Ajit Kothari, Yatin Dandi, Anish Saxena
received the Aditya Birla Scholarship. Snehangshu Paine received
ACC Fellowship. Sudhir Kumar, Aayushi Bansal, Vipul Bajaj, Md.
Wasim Alam received the O.P. Jems scholarship. Shivangi Ranjan,
Kumar Kshitij Patel, Preetham Paul Sunkari received Honda Yes
scholarship.Vandana Pawreya, Soumya Sahoo,and Apoorva
Shukla received Pratibha Eaton Awards.
The full lists of awards received by the faculty and students are
given at the end of the report.
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STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
The Institute has encouraged and enabled extra-curricular
student activities to ensure that the students become well-
rounded. The goal is to produce individuals who are not only
technically competent but also have expertise in a range of skills
of their choosing. Further, the Institute strongly believes that an
abiding social and humane engagement is the hallmark of the
empowered youth. To achieve this lofty vision, the Institute
nurtures social, cultural and sporting activities pursued by the
Students’ Gymkhana, which itself is a self-governed body of the
students.
Here are some of th achievements of the Students’ Gymkhana:
Entrepreneurship Cell
Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell), IIT Kanpur is a
non-profit student’s organization dedicated to
promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the campus
community.
The E-Cell established its importance and objective by
successfully conducting its flagship event, eSummit 2017, which
hosted several prominent entrepreneurs, industrialists, and
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businessmen. Participation was large with an attendance of over
1,200 individuals. The event comprised talks and panel
discussions by eminent personalities including the likes of Mr. B
V R Mohan Reddy, Ex-Chairman NASSCOM, Mr. Sandeep
Aggarwal, Co-Founder Shop Clues and Mr. Aloke Bajpai, CEO
Ixigo. Apart from these, 7 competitions and 5 workshops were
conducted as part of this event which witnessed participation
from over 300 colleges across the nation. E-Cell was also the host
of the prestigious ‘Samsung Innovation Awards’ this year.
E-Cell also conducted Startup Master Class - the first-ever event
at IIT Kanpur jointly organized by students and alumni. It helped
campus entrepreneurs obtain real time investment and gain the
association of influential agencies.
Every weekend the lecture-cum-discussion sessions ‘Campus
Hangouts’ were organized, aimed at taking entrepreneurship off
the books and into general conversations that lead to an increase
in the involvement of the campus in entrepreneurial activities.
Vox Populi
Student journalism was designated as a separate cell
under Students’ Gymkhana this year. In its maiden
year as a cell, Vox Populi furthered its online reach to
7,000 viewers, an increase of nearly 60%. The body
published two print editions along with regular updates on its
online handle to act as a pivotal link between the administrative
perspective and the voice of the campus community. It reported
on prominent issues like the Institute’s proposal on the ‘Institute
of Eminence’ program, major awards to students and faculty,
updates of Inter IIT Sports Meet 2017, grievances of Visitors’
Hostel workers and washerman community, the existence of
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gender insensitivity and much more. The Senate Samachar series
of Vox Populi kept the students updated onthe proceedings of
Students’ Senate.
Community Welfare Cell
The Welfare Cell is a student group that is committed to learning,
understanding and helping the society within the institute as well
as in its vicinity. The different wings of the Cell worked on several
important projects:
Prayas worked in the field of education for the marginal-
ized sections of the society. Apart from regular classes
held for the underprivileged children of the workers in
the institute, the wing organized the Prayas Premier
League, an annual function, a gender awareness session,
a science week and a picnic.
Prakriti worked in the field of environmental awareness,
social innovations, and impact assessment. The group or-
ganized a paper collection drive, a tree plantation drive
and a clothes distribution and cleanliness drive.
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Raktarpan is dedicated to remedying the shortage of
blood and for this purpose it organized various blood do-
nation camps and handled a total of 1140 helpline re-
quests.
Outreach Cell
The Outreach Cell has taken several initiatives which have
ensured that the campus outreach activities scale up. This
included “That’s IIT,” an initiative to connect with the students
and counsel them for smooth transition from their school life to
deciding an appropriate college education program. Several
alumni connected initiatives were taken, and a “Tips from the
Top” session was organized. In its first year of inception itself,
outreach cell was able to implementseveral initiatives that augur
well for connecting with the society at large.
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Students’ Senate
The main policy drafting body of the Students’ Gymkhana worked
on and legislated various policies this year. Some of the major
polices are mentioned below:
Marketing Guidelines were framed for the Gymkhana to
obtain sponsorship as a whole with a vision to make it
self-sufficient.
To streamline the functioning of the Senate, two new sub-
committees were created, the Post-Graduate Student Af-
fairs Committee (PG-SAC) and the Under-Graduate Stu-
dent Affairs Committee (UG-SAC). These committees will
opine on issues faced exclusively by the UG and PG com-
munities respectively.
Formation of a Gymkhana Award for Faculty - To appre-
ciate the efforts some professors put in for the welfare of
the students beyond their call, it was decided to insti-
tutean award for honoring such faculty.
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Cultural Day is one of the
major flagship programmes of the Government of India, to bring
in cultural integration of the country as part of the vision to build
a “New India by 2022”. Two such EBSB cultural days of partnering
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states of Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab & Andhra
Pradesh were conducted, facilitating more community
interactions and harmonious engagement of several cultures.
Science and Technology Council
It has been another glorious year for the Science and Technology
Council. The achievements are:
Inter IIT Tech Meet 2018: Gold Medal, Technology for Soldier
Support along with one silver and two bronze medals.
Techkriti 2018: Electronics Club won the Techkriti Innovation
Challenge and Electrade, BRaIN hobby group won Biobuzz,
Aeromodelling Club won Hover Mania and Sky Sparks.
Formula Bharat 2018: With their third formula vehicle, team
SAE secured the 9th position in the Design event, 5th position in
Business Logic presentation and an overall 15th position.
Aeromodelling Club won the Aerodynamix Competition held at
MNIT, Allahabad
The Science and Technology Council organised various lectures
and workshops in programming, robotics and aeromodelling.
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Council members were invited for guest lectures and judging in
Kanpur schools and colleges including HBTI and DPS Kalyanpur.
The Media and Culture Activities
A major initiative taken this year to push new talent to the stage
was the open mic series. SPIC MACAY programs were organized
to cultivate an appreciation for the indigenous cultural arts
amongst the students.
Students of the council created a world record of origami
structures by using the maximum number of origami pieces. The
record is yet to be verified and cited by the Limca Book of World
Record and Guinness Book of World Record.
Games and Sports Council
Diverse activities aimed at broadening the outreach of sporting
activities among various segments of campus community were
organized during the year. Some of the new initiatives were one-
week-one-sport, archery workshop, aquatics in inferno etc.
IIT Kanpur participated in the 33rd Inter IIT Aquatics Meet held
at IIT Madras and secured the first position in Water Polo (Men),
third in Swimming (Men) and Swimming (Women).
The entire contingent participated in the coveted 52nd Inter IIT
Sports Meet held at IIT Madras. We, the defending champions
played our heart out and secured third position in the General
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Championship tally. We stood 2nd in the Men’s category and 4th
in the Women’s category. The weightlifting team secured the
overall first position, the athletics (men) and the tennis (men)
teams secured the second position; the basketball (men &
women), the volleyball (women) and the cricket teams secured
the third position. The weightlifting team set a new meet record.
IIT Kanpur hosted the U.P State Taekwondo Championship and
Kanpur District Athletics Meet. Our chess team participated in the
6th Inter IIT chess meet at IIT Madras and showcased their talent.
Archery and Wall climbing workshops were also conducted.
Adventure Sports Club increased their reach and frequency of
treks. The trek to Bhutan has been one of the highlights.
Taekwondo club organised belt promotion tests and self-defense
workshops. Bicycling expeditions and regular local cycle trips
were conducted by the bicycling hobby group. Regular
workshops were conducted by all the clubs during the semesters.
All the clubs carried out activities to engage the campus
community during the summer vactions.
Festivals
Antaragni
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The cultural fest, Antaragni, reached new heights in its 52nd
edition where the team of our students successfully managed the
festival which involved a footfall of more than 1 lakh with a
budget of around 1.5 crore.
The theme of the festival was ‘Suits of Euphoria’, representing 52
years of its legacy and the sense of exuberance associated with
the fest. The main festival lasted for four days, from 26th to 29th
October 2017. These four days were filled with rich cultural
performances where more than 200 colleges battled for glory,
along with glamorous and enthralling performances from well-
renowned national and international artists.
The star attractions of the fest included the world-renowned DJ
KSHMR along with the Bollywood duo of Vishal Shekhar, the
famous international band Sky Harbor which performed on top of
the Red Bull Tour Bus and the all-time popular Indie-pop band
Euphoria.
Techkriti
Techkriti, the annual inter-collegiate technology and
entrepreneurship festival, was organized in March 2018 with
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PRISM OF POSSIBILITIES as its theme. Shyam Benegal, the
veteran Bollywood director, inaugurated the festival.
Apart from this, other speakers were Hon'ble MK Amir Peretz,
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Defence Minister of
Israel; Simon Taufel, umpire of the 2011 Cricket World Cup Finals
and five times winner of the ICC Umpire of the Year; Dr. Moshin
Wali, Padma Shri awardee and the youngest physician to the
President of India; as well as Jitendra Nath Goswami, The Moon
Man of India and Padma Shri awardee.
Some of the major exhibitions for this edition of Techkriti were
ETH Zurich, Autonomous Soccer Playing Robot developed at ETH
Zurich, Switzerland; NINO, the first Indian humanoid robot and
Remidi the first wearable device to record, perform and play
using hand gestures.
Techkriti also witnessed fierce competitions in events like
Robowars, International Autonomous Robotics Challenge (IARC),
International Robots Got Talent (IRGT), Techkriti Grand Prix
(TGP), Techkriti Innovation Challenge (TIC), Multirotor, Sky
Sparks, Embedded, IOT, Business and Entrepreneurial Events to
name a few. Adding to it, the fourth edition of Techkriti Open
School Championship was held in 19 cities in 3 rounds.
This time Technocruise, the zonal round of Techkriti was
conducted in 13 cities.
Udghosh
Udghosh, the annual sports festival of IIT Kanpur continued its
legacy of being the largest and most anticipated sports festival of
India. The 2017 edition witnessed more than 40,000 people with
more than 2,300 participants from more than 150 colleges all
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across India. With the introduction of Kabaddi and Udaan (sports
for specially abled), Udghosh broadened its horizon.
This year, Udghosh went one step further by welcoming one of
the most prominent athletes of our country, Gold medalist in
Olympics, Mr. Abhinav Bindra, as the Chief Guest at the closing
ceremony.
Apart from sports, EDM nite (Club Banditz and Carnivore) and
Comedy Night (Rahul Subramanian and Nitin Gupta) were also
organized. The social initiative of Udghosh 2017 was conducted
in collaboration with Suresh Raina’s ‘Gracia Raina Foundation’
with Priyanka Raina arriving on the campus. Udghosh 2017
raised the bar sky high for upcoming editions.
COUNSELLING SERVICE
Overview and Team Strength
The Counselling Service (CS) primarily provides emotional, aca-
demic and financial assistance to students. CS consists of a team
of professional counselors, psychiatrists and a group of student
volunteers dedicated towards the welfare of the student commu-
nity. Currently, there are 3 professional counselors, 2 assistant
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counselors and 2 psychiatrists who regularly visit the Institute.
The student team comprises an undergraduate wing and a post-
graduate wing. The UG wing has 25 core team members, 139 stu-
dent guides, 107 academic mentors and 3 volunteers, whereas
the PG wing has 8 core team members and 75 volunteers.
Counselor and Psychiatrists’ Sessions
Students typically meet the counselors in two modes – they some-
times approach the counselors of their own volition, or are re-
ferred to the CS by their friends, faculty members, psychiatrists
or the doctors at the Health Centre. Students with academic diffi-
culty are also encouraged to meet the counselors for advice. In the
2017-18 session, 1872 counselor sessions were held.
The psychiatrists typically visit the campus at least twice a month.
In times of emergency, the student is directly sent to the psychia-
trist’s clinic, along with an attendant. All the activities related to a
psychiatrist’s visit are coordinated by the Counselling Service.
Financial Assistance
Through the Students Benevolence Fund (SBF), the Counselling
Service provides financial assistance to needy students in the
form of scholarships. This is available to financially needy stu-
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dents who have been unable to acquire any other financial assis-
tance from the institute. The SBF scholarship is Rs.1500 per
month and given for 9 months. Apart from this, SBF Loans are also
available to those who are in dire need of money.
Academic Assistance
Academic assistance is provided to students facing difficulty in
coping with the academic load. The support exists both at an in-
dividual as well as at a group level and is free of cost.
Remedial Classes: Remedial classes are organized by
academic mentors (senior students) to help academically
deficient students.
Study Hours: For underperforming students, study hours
are organized by academic mentors during the week be-
fore the examinations.
Technical Terminology Classes: To help those students
facing difficulty in understanding the English technical
terms, the Technical Terminology Classes are organized
during the beginning of the semester.
Support to Probation Students
The Counselling Service provides emotional as well as academic
support to the students on academic probation/warning. This
year, the students in AP/WR were allotted a guide from the oper-
ations or guidance team, whose responsibility was to look after
his/her allotted counselee and also to act as a link between the
student and the counselor. Individual counseling sessions are of-
fered to improve the academic performance as well as to resolve
emotional issues. A session for the first year students in proba-
tion/warning was conducted to motivate them to perform better.
This had a positive impact on the students.
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Orientation Programme
Each year, the Orientation Program is organized for the freshmen
before the beginning of the new academic session in July to ac-
quaint them with the facilities, services, personnel, rules and reg-
ulations of the institute, and to facilitate a smooth transition into
life at the institute. A similar session is again organized by the
PG team in December.
The core team members, student guides, student volunteers at-
tached to the Counselling Service help the newcomers in this pro-
cess. Gymkhana presentations, sessions with the counselors,
group activities, and wing competitions were organized as part of
the Orientation Program. To tackle the issue of substance abuse,
psychiatrist Dr. Sanjay Mahendru was invited for a session on the
27July 2017 to sensitize the students about the issue. There were
talks by the doctors at the Health Center as well during the orien-
tation program.
Skill Enhancement Workshops/Classes
English Conversation Classes: English Conversation Classes are
organized during the semesters for the students who face diffi-
culty in understanding and communicating in English. These clas-
ses are free of cost and are open to all the students.
Sessions on Other Broad Issues
Explore your department
Session on Study Techniques
Intern Gyan
ESO/SO awareness session
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Student Placement
More than 250 companies participated in the Campus
Recruitment Drive during 2017-18. Approximately 82% of the
graduating batch (including UG and PG) were placed through
Student Placement Office during the academic year 2017-18.
Some of the major companies that took part in recruitment drive
were Intel, Tata Motors, EXL Services, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft,
Bank of America, Michelin, Exxon Mobil, Samsung, BlackRock,
Michelin, UIDAI, Rubrik Inc., American Express,etc.
Students Placement at PG level
Approximately 80% of PG students graduating in the year 2017-
18 were placed through Student Placement Office. Among the 563
PG students registered for placements this year, 449 were placed
till date. Amongst the various programs, the MBA recorded the
highest percentage of placements at 100% followed by M. Design
at 92%, Dual Degree at 88%, M. Tech degree at 73% and M. Sc (2
yrs.) program at 70%.
Students Placement at UG Level
Approximately 84% of the B. Tech and B.S. degree students were
placed through SPO during the Campus Recruitment drive
during2017-18. Among the 419 UG students registered for
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placements this year, 355 were placed till date. This includes 80
Pre-Placement Offers (accepted PPOs) received during
internships facilitated by the Student Placement Office.
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
Under Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan, a scheme funded by MHRD to
uplift rural India, IIT Kanpur has adopted five surrounding
villages - Hridayapur, Baikanthpur, Ishwariganj, Pratappur Hari
and Saxupurva. The outreach activities aimed at the overall
upliftment of the villages will focus on cleanliness, computer
literacy, harnessing solar energy and using technology for better
farming techniques. A survey was conducted to explore the needs
and interests of the villagers. The results of the survey will be
compiled in a report and then analyzed for on-ground work.
Most of the villagers have responded enthusiastically to the
initiatives from IITK.
Epilogue
Dear degree recipients, on this memorable event of the fifty-first
convocation, I congratulate and commend each one of you on
your brilliant achievements and convey my best wishes to the
entire class of 2018 graduating today. I also take this opportunity
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to congratulate your proudparents and guardians for making you
what youare today and encourage you to strive for excellence
relentlessly. Now, that your journey towards the greater world
begins, I would like to share some of my thoughts with you.
As an alumnus of IIT Kanpur, I myself had once enteredhumbly
into this institute in quest of knowledge and walked through its
glorious portals to the bigger world to seekmy destiny.The
precious degree I obtained from this institute inspired me to face
challenges in my professional career and achieve success. Today,I
have come back to you as a leader of this institute with the
message ‘nihil ultra’ -nothing is beyond the capability of
humankind as long as you employ right effort in the right
direction. I am confident your teachers/mentors of this institute
have instilled enough wisdom, enough courage and enough
ambition in you to achieve your dreams as my mentors did. With
your acquired knowledge, passion, and determination, I am
confident that you will continually strive tousher in a revolution
of quality in both professional and social domains.
May God bless you with health, happiness, and peace. May you
prove yourself a worthy son ordaughter of this great nation, may
each one of you scale so high that we never tire ofextolling you
and bask in your glory, and aboveall, may your unstinted effort
turn victoriousat the culmination!
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Books published
1. Fundamentals of Rocket Propulsion, D. P. Mishra (AE), CRC
Press. 2017, ISBN: 9781498785358.
2. Adaptive Aeroservoelastic Control, Ashish Tewari (AE),
Wiley, Chichester, U.K. 2016.
3. Chemical and Synthetic Approaches in Membrane Biology,
Arun Shukla (BSBE), Springer, 2017, ISBN 978-1-4939-6835-
0 (print) 978-1-4939-6836-7 (Online).
4. G-Protein Coupled Receptors, Part A, Methods in Cell Biology,
Vol 142, Arun Shukla (BSBE), Academic Press, Elsevier 2017,
ISBN 9780128133194
5. Metal semiconductor core-shell nanostructures for energy
and environmental applications, Gupta R. K., Misra M. (CHE),
Elsevier, (2017) 9780128124451; 9780323449229, 1-201.
6. Hybrid Polymer Composite Materials: Structure and Chemis-
try, Edited by V. K. Thakur, M. K. Thakur and R. K. Gupta
(CHE), Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier, 2017, ISBN:
9780081007914.
7. Hybrid Polymer Composite Materials: Processing, Edited by
V. K. Thakur, M. K. Thakur and R. K. Gupta (CHE), Woodhead
Publishing, Elsevier, 2017, ISBN: 9780081007891.
8. Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering (7th edition)
Volume 1A: Fluid Flow: Fundamentals and Applications, R. P.
Chhabra and V. Shankar (CHE), Elsevier, (2017).
9. Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering (7th edition)
Volume 1B: Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Ap-
plications, R. P. Chhabra and V. Shankar (CHE), Elsevier,
(2017).
10. Catalytic molten metals for the direct conversion of methane
to hydrogen and separable carbon, co-authored by Dr. Vishal
Agarwal (CHE).
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11. Wireless Networking and Mobile Data Management, R. K.
Ghosh (CSE), Springer, 2017, ISBN 978-981-10-3941-6.
12. Non-convex Optimization for Machine Learning,
Purushottam Kar (CSE), Now publishers, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-
68083-368-3 (Print) 978-1-68083-369-0 (Online).
13. Theorizing International Trade: An Indian Perspective,
Edited by Mathur, S.K., Arora, R. and Singh, S. (Eco. Sc.)
(2017), Palgrave Macmillan.
14. Urbanization in India: Issues and Challenges, Arun Kumar
Sharma and Bhaskar Dutt Misra (HSS), Ane Books Pvt Ltd,
New Delhi.
15. The Writer, the Reader and the State: Literary Censorship in
India, Mini Chandran (HSS), Sage, (2017), New Delhi.
16. Eminent Indian Psychologists: 100 Years of Psychology in In-
dia, edited by Braj Bhushan (HSS), Sage Publications, (ISBN:
9789386446411).
17. Faith and Social Movements: Religious Reform in Contempo-
rary India, Anindita Chakrabarti (HSS), Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, UK.
18. The Changing Language Roles and Linguistic Identities of the
Kashmiri Speech Community, Dr. M. Ashraf Bhatt (HSS), su-
pervised by A.K. Sharma and T. Ravichandran, Cambridge
Scholars, Newcastle, UK.
19. Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship: Case Studies
from IIT Kanpur, Phani B. V. (IME), Khandekar S. (ME),
Springer, ISBN: 978-981-10-3333-9 (Print) 978-981-10-
3334-6 (Online), (2017).
20. Modeling and Simulations of Turbulent Combustion, Santanu
De, Avinash K Agarwal, (ME), Springer, Singapore, 2018,
ISBN: 978-981-10-7409-7.
21. Shapes and Dynamics of Granular Minor Plants, Ishan Sharma
(ME), Springer International Publishing, (2017).
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22. Modeling Transport Phenomena in Porous Media with
Applications, Malay K. Das (ME), Springer, 2017, ISBN: 978-
3-319-69864-9 (Print) 978-3-319-69866-3 (Online).
23. Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power- Contemporary Research, A.
K. Saha, D. Das, R. Srivastava, P.K. Panigrahi, K. Muralidhar
(ME), Springer, (2017).
24. Pipe Inspection Robots for Structural Health and Condition
Monitoring, co-authored by Bishakh Bhattacharya (ME),
Springer.
25. Environmental Contaminants, Tarun Gupta, Avinash K
Agarwal (ME), Rashmi A Agarwal, Nitin K Labhsetwar,
Springer, Singapore, 2018, ISBN: 978-981-10-7332-8.
26. Air Pollution and Control, Nikhil Sharma, Avinash K Agarwal
(ME), Peter Eastwood, Tarun Gupta, Akhilendra P Singh,
Springer, Singapore, 2018, ISBN: 978-981-10-7184-3.
27. Coal and Biomass Gasification, Santanu De, Avinash K
Agarwal (ME), V S Moholkar, Thallada Bhaskar, Springer,
Singapore, 2018, ISBN: 978-981-10-7334-2.
28. Droplets and Sprays, Saptarshi Basu, Avinash K Agarwal
(ME), Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Chetan Patel, Springer,
Singapore, 2018, ISBN: 978-981-10-7448-6.
29. Advances in Internal Combustion Engine Research, 345
pages, Published by Springer, Singapore (2018), (Eds.)
Dhananjay K Srivastava, Avinash K Agarwal (ME), Amitava
Datta, Rakesh K Maurya (ISBN # 978-981-10-7574-2) DOI:
10.1007/978-981-10-7575-9.
30. Prospects of Alternative Transportation Fuels, Akhilendra P
Singh, Avinash K Agarwal (ME), Rashmi A Agarwal, Atul Dhar,
Mritunjay Kumar Shukla, Springer, Singapore, 2018, ISBN:
978-981-10-7517-9.
31. Environmental, Chemical and Medical Sensors, Shantanu
Bhattacharya (ME), Avinash K Agarwal (ME), Nripen Chanda,
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Ashok Pandey, Ashis Kumar Sen, Springer, Singapore, 2018,
ISBN: 978-981-10-7750-0.
32. Applications of Solar Energy, Himanshu Tyagi, Avinash K
Agarwal (ME), Ashok Pandey, Prodyut R Chakraborty,
Satvasheel Powar, Springer, Singapore, 2018, ISBN: 978-981-
10-7205-5.
33. Bioremediation: Applications for Environmental Protection
and Management, Sunita J Varjani, Avinash K Agarwal (ME),
Ashok Pandey, Edgard Ghansounou, Baskar Gurunathan,
Springer, Singapore, 2018, ISBN: 978-981-10-7484-4.
34. Applications Paradigms of Droplet and Spray Transport:
Paradigms and Applications, Saptarshi Basu, Avinash K
Agarwal (ME), Ashok Pandey, Achintya Mukhopadhyay,
Chetan Patel, Springer, Singapore, 2018, ISBN: 978-981-10-
7232-1.
35. Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Integrated Compu-
tational Materials Engineering (ICME 2017), P. Mason, C. R.
Fisher, R. Glamm, M. V. Manuel, G. J. Schmitz, A. K. Singh (MSE),
& A. Strachan (Eds.)., Springer, 2017.
Fellowships
1. Dr. Abhishek (AE) has been chosen for the Abdul Kalam Tech-
nology Innovation Fellowship of INAE for three years.
2. Dr. S. Ganesh (BSBE) received Tata Innovation Fellowship
(2017-2020) by Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Sci-
ence and Technology, Govt. of India.
3. Dr. Arun Shukla (BSBE) received CNR Rao Award for Excel-
lence in Research by IIT Kanpur.
4. Dr. Yogesh M Joshi (CHE) has been elected Fellow of National
Academy of Sciences, India.
5. Dr. Rahul Mangal (CHE) received Ramanujan Fellowship,
SERB, Govt. Of India.
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6. Dr. Vishal Agarwal (CHE) received Ramanujan Fellowship,
SERB, Govt. Of India.
7. Dr. J N Moorthy, (CHM), has been elected Fellow of the Indian
National Science Academy, New Delhi.
8. Dr. J. K. Bera, (CHM) has been electedFellow of the Indian
National Science Academy, New Delhi.
9. Dr. Amalendu Chandra (CHM) has been elected Fellow of The
National Academy of Sciences, India.
10. Dr. Sankar P. Rath (CHM) has been elected Fellow of the
National Academy of Sciences, India.
11. Dr. Sankar P. Rath (CHM) has been elected Fellow of the West
Bengal Academy of Science & Technology.
12. Dr. Surender Baswana (CSE) received Humboldt Fellowship
for Experienced Researchers from Humboldt Foundation of
Germany.
13. Dr. Laxmidhar Behera (EE) has been elected Fellow of the
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).
14. Dr. Anindita Chakrabarti (HSS) has been elected a Senior
Fellow, Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies (2016-2020)
of Leipzig University.
15. Dr. Kumar Ravi Priya (HSS) received Fulbright-Nehru
Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship-Flex
Award by USIEF.
16. Dr. RN Sengupta (IME) received DAAD Fellowship for
Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists, 2017,
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
17. Dr. Sameer Khandekar (ME) has been elected Fellow of Insti-
tution of Engineers (India).
18. Dr. Kantesh Balani (MSE) received Swarnajayanti Fellowship
Award 2016-17 by Department of Science and Technology,
Govt. of India.
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19. Dr. Krishanu Biswas (MSE) has been elected Young Fellow of
Global Young Academy (GYA), Germany.
20. Dr. A.K. Singh (MSE) received the Fellowship of the Indian
Institute of Metals.
21. Dr. Sandeep Anand (EE), Dr. Joydeep Chakrabortty (PHY), Dr.
Somnath Jha (M&S) havebeen selected Associate(s) of the In-
dian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
Awards and Honors
1. Dr. Debopam Das (AE) has been awarded the ‘Best Professor
in Aerodynamics' in the subcategory: Education Leadership
Award by Dewang Mehta National Education Awards.
2. Dr. Arun Shukla (BSBE) has been selected for the B.M. Birla
Science Prize in Biology for the year 2016.
3. Dr. Arun Shukla (BSBE) has been selected for the Professor
Umakant Sinha Memorial Award by the Indian Science Con-
gress Association (ISCA).
4. Dr. Arun Shukla (BSBE) has been selected as European Molec-
ular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator.
5. Dr. Arun Shukla (BSBE) has been selected co-recipient of
CDRI Award for Excellence in Drug Research.
6. Dr. Sachchida N Tripathi (CE) has been chosen for felicitation
by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
7. Dr. Yogesh M Joshi (CHE) received RPG Life Sciences M. M.
Sharma Gold Medal by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.
8. Dr. Ashutosh Sharma (CHE) was honored with the UNESCO
Medal 2017 for contributions to and development of nanosci-
ences and nanotechnology.
9. Prof. Ashutosh Sharma (CHE) has been honored with the H. K.
Firodia Vijnan Bhushan Award 2017 for his pioneering and
highly interdisciplinary work in nanotechnology and areas of
health, energy and environment.
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10. Dr. Vinod K Singh (CHM) has been chosen for felicitation by
the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
11. Dr. Sandeep Verma (CHM) has been chosen for felicitation by
the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
12. Dr. K. Srihari (CHM) has been awarded the prestigious INSA
Teachers Award (2017).
13. Dr.Jitendra K. Bera (CHM) has been selected for the C. N. R.
Rao National Prize in Chemical Sciences 2018.
14. Dr. Sandeep Verma (CHM) has been selected for the MRSI-
ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Annual Prize by
the Material Research Society of India for the year 2018.
15. Dr. Sandeep Verma (CHM) received Silver Medal by The
Chemical Research Society of India.
16. Dr. Pratik Sen (CHM) has been awarded the Young Faculty Re-
search Fellowship by the Ministry of Electronics and Infor-
mation Technology, Govt. of India.
17. Dr. Nishanth N. Nair (CHM) received Distinguished Lecture-
ship Award by The Chemical Society of Japan.
18. Dr. Manindra Agarwal (CSE) has been chosen for felicitation
by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
19. Dr. T.V. Prabhakar (CSE) received Teaching Innovator Award-
2016 by MHRD, New Delhi.
20. Dr.T.V. Prabhakar (CSE) received SKOCH GOLD Award in the
category of "Technology for Growth" for the AgMOOC project.
21. Dr. Biswabandan Panda (CSE) received INSPIRE Faculty
Award by DST.
22. Dr. Amey Karkare (CSE), Dr. Purushottam Kar(CSE) and Dr. T
V Prabhakar (CSE) received Best faculty of the year in the
category of Evangelizing and Contributing to Spread of
knowledge across several Institutions; Innovative
Application of Technology Tools in Teaching/Learning;
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Authoring Books On Contemporary Subjects respectively by
the Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter.
23. Dr. Surendra Baswana (CSE) received Distinguished Teacher
Award 2017 by Indian Institute Technology Kanpur.
24. Dr. A.K. Chaturvedi (EE) has been awarded the prestigious
INSA Teachers Award (2017).
25. Dr. Sandeep Anand (EE) has been selected for the INAE Young
Engineer Award 2017.
26. Dr. Ketan Rajawat (EE) received INSA Medal for Young Scien-
tist by INSA.
27. Dr. K. Vasudevan (EE) has been awarded the Top Reviewers
for Multidisciplinary by PUBLONS.
28. Dr. Santanu Misra (ES) has been awarded the prestigious Dr.
K.R. Gupta Gold Medal by the Council of the Geological Society
of India.
29. Dr. Shib Sankar Ganguly (ES) received the Young Scientist
Award by the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India.
30. Dr. Ritwij Bhowmik (HSS) received “Young Scientist in Visual
Culture” for the year 2017, Venue International Research
Awards, Venus International Foundation, awarded at the 3rd
Annual Research Meet-ARM 2017 in Chennai, 11th November
2017.
31. Dr. RRK Sharma (IME) has been selected as one of the Top Ten
Knowledge Producers in India for the Academic Year 2017-
18 by Faculty Research Award Career 360, 2017-18.
32. Dr. Debasis Kundu (M&S) received P.C. Mahalanobis award by
Operation Research Society of India.
33. Dr. Avinash Kr. Agarwal (ME) received the 6th edition of the
India Research Excellence- Citation Awards by Clarivate Ana-
lytics.
34. Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta (ME) received the Mechanism and Ma-
chine Theory Award for Excellence.
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35. Dr. Gautam Biswas (ME) (presently Director, IIT Guwahati)
has been awarded Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa) by
NIT Agartala.
36. Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh (MSE) received 2018 SMD JOM
Best Paper Award by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
(TMS), USA.
37. Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh (MSE) received IEI Young Engi-
neers Award by The Institute of Engineers (India).
38. Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh (MSE) received Young Metal-
lurgist of the Year 2017 Award by The Indian Institute of Met-
als (IIM), India.
39. Dr. Ashish Garg (MSE) received Newton Prize Award for DST-
RCUK APEX Project by UK National Commission for UNESCO.
40. Dr. Kallol Mondal (MSE) received Mascot National Award by
Electrochemical Society of India.
41. Dr. Krishanu Biswas (MSE) received Metallurgist of the Year,
2017 in Metal Sciences Category by Ministry of Steels, Gov-
ernment of India.
42. Dr. Anish Upadhyaya (MSE) received Distinguished Teacher
Award 2017 by Indian Institute Technology Kanpur.
43. Dr. Amit Agarwal (PHY) has been awarded the "IPA N. S. Satya
Murthy Memorial Award in Physics-2016" of the Indian Phys-
ics Association.
44. Dr. H.C. Verma (PHY) has been awarded the Maulana Abdul
Kalam Azad Shiksha Puraskar-2017.
45. Dr. Mahendra Verma (PHY) has been awarded the “Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam Cray HPC award by Cray Computers.
46. Dr. Indranil Manna (Former Director) has been conferred the
D.Sc. Degree (Honoris Causa) of the University of Kalyani
(WB) during the University convocation (7th September
2017).
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Appointments
1. Dr. Debabrata Goswami (CHM), Member of the Scientific
Panel on Stamping and Analysis, by Food Safety and Stand-
ards Authority of India (FSSAI).
2. Dr. J.N. Moorthy (CHM), Member, Commission of Crystallo-
graphic Teaching, by The International Union of Crystallo-
graphic (IUCr), 2018-2020.
3. Dr. Manindra Agrawal and Dr. Sandeep Shukla (CSE) were in-
vited to serve on a special committee on cybersecurity of
UIDAI information systems.
4. Dr. Sandeep Shukla (CSE) served on two special committees
of the RBI to consider cybersecurity of mobile payments and
online banking.
5. Prof. Rajiv Shekhar (MSE) is appointed the Director of IIT
(ISM) Dhanbad.
Editorships/Membership
1. Dr. C. Venkatesan (AE), Associate Editor, Journal of Intelligent
Unmanned Systems, Emerald Publishing.
2. Dr. A.K. Ghosh (AE), Member of National Advisory Board of
DRDO Young Scientist Center.
3. Dr. Arun Shukla (BSBE) has been invited to join the Editorial
Board of Cellular Signaling, Elsevier.
4. Dr. Arun Shukla (BSBE) has been invited to join the Editorial
Board of Chemical Biology & Drug Design, Wiley.
5. Dr. Jayandharan Rao (BSBE) selected as an invited member of
the Hematology and Immunology Gene and Cell therapy Com-
mittee for the period of 2017-2020.
6. Dr. Yogesh M Joshi (CHE), Member of Editorial Advisory
Board, Langmuir, American Chemical Society.
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7. Dr. Raju Kumar Gupta (CHE), Member of Editorial Advisory
Board, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Royal Soci-
ety of Chemistry.
8. Dr. Jayant Singh (CHE) has been invited to join the Editorial
Board of ACS Omega.
9. Dr. R N Mukherjee (CHM) has been invited as a Guest Co-Edi-
tor of the ACS journal Inorganic Chemistry for Reactivity of
Metal Complexes with Ligand-Centered Radicals.
10. Dr. Jitendra K Bera (CHM) has been invited to join as an Asso-
ciate Editor of Applied Organometallic Chemistry, AOC, Wiley
Interscience.
11. Dr. S.P. Rath (CHM), Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Cur-
rent Inorganic Chemistry, Bentham Science.
12. Dr. J.N. Moorthy (CHM), Member of Editorial Board, Journal of
Chemical Sciences, Springer.
13. Dr. Basker Sundararaju (CHM), Member of Early Career Advi-
sory Board, ACS Catalysis, American Chemical Society.
14. Dr. Sandeep Shukla (CSE), Associate Editor, ACM Transac-
tions on Cyber Physical Systems, ACM.
15. Dr. Sandeep Shukla (CSE), Book Series Editor, River Publish-
ers Series, Information Science and Technology, River Pub-
lishers, Denmark.
16. Dr. Yogesh Singh Chauhan (EE) has been invited to serve as
an editor for “Device and Process Modeling”, IEEE Transac-
tions on Electron Devices.
17. Dr. Ketan Rajawat (EE), Associate Editor, IEEE Communica-
tion Letters, IEEE.
18. Dr. Rajiv Sinha (ES), Member of Editorial Board, Earth Surface
Processes & Landforms, Wiley.
19. Dr. Rajiv Sinha (ES), Member of Editorial Board, Current Sci-
ence, Indian Academy of Science.
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20. Dr. Debajyoti Paul (ES), Member of Editorial Board, Chemical
Geology, Elsevier.
21. Dr. Kumar Ravi Priya (HSS), Associate Editor, Psychological
Studies, Springer.
22. Dr. Malay Banerjee (M&S), Associate Editor, Mathematical
Modeling of Natural Phenomena, EDP Sciences.
23. Dr. Anindya Chatterjee (ME), Editorial Board Member, Inter-
national Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Elsevier.
24. Dr. Avinash Kumar Agarwal (ME), Editor-in-Chief, Journal of
Energy and Environmental Sustainability, International Soci-
ety for Energy, Environment and Sustainability.
25. Dr. Bishakh Bhattacharya (ME), Editorial Board Member, Jour-
nal of Low Frequency Noise and Vibration Control, SAGE Pub-
lishing.
26. Dr. K. Muralidhar (ME), Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Flow Visu-
alization and Image Processing, Begell House.
27. Dr. P. S. Ghoshdastidar (ME), Editorial Board Member, Engi-
neering Science and Technology, an International Journal,
Elsevier.
28. Dr. Sameer Khandekar (ME), Editorial Board Member, Interfa-
cial Phenomena and Heat Transfer, Begell House.
29. Dr. Sumit Basu (ME), Associate Editor, Sadhana, Indian Acad-
emy of Sciences.
30. Dr. Kantesh Balani (MSE), Editor in Chief, Nano materials and
Energy, ICE Publication.
31. Dr. Kantesh Balani (MSE), Guest Editor, Journal of Thermal
Spray Technology, International Thermal Spray Conference
ITSC 2018 special issue), Springer.
32. Dr. Krishanu Biswas (MSE), Guest Editor, J. Materials Re-
search for Special Issue on Nanostructured High Entropy Al-
loys: Processing Challenges and Properties, Materials Re-
search Society, USA.
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33. Dr. Rajdip Mukherjee (MSE) has been invited to co-edit
“Phase-Field Methods for Pattern-Formation” by Journal of
Indian Institute of Science.
34. Dr. Subhajit Dutta (M&S) is elected Member of the Interna-
tional Statistical Institute, The Netherlands.
35. Dr. Debashish Chowdhury (PHY) has been elected and
appointed a member of the “C6 Commission: Biological
Physics” by the 29th General Assembly of the International
Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP).
Students’ Awards
1. Mr. Karthik S. (AE), Rahul Ramanujam (AE), Ramdas (AE),
Diksha Aggarwal(AE), Sakshi Gupta (AE), Avinash Shet (AE),
Vishesh Kumar Singh(AE), and Naba Kishore Routray (AE)
have received third prize in the graduate category of 34th
Annual Student Design Competition by American Helicopter
Society (AHS) (August 2017) for designing a High Efficiency
Dissimilar Coaxial Helicopter design called “Vibhram”.
2. Mr. Sagar Setu (AE), Mr. Nidhish Raj (AE) and Mr.Karthik. S.
(AE) have won the first stage of "The Unmanned Aerial Sys-
tems Flight and Payload Challenge" organized by National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology (US Department of Com-
merce) and Public Safety Communications Innovation Accel-
erator (USA).
3. Mr. Sourav Sinha (AE) won the prestigious Vertical Flight
Foundation (of the American Helicopter Society) Scholarship
for 2018 in UG category for his work on autopilot develop-
ment for multirotor convertiplane for Urban Mobility (Air
Taxi system) and aerial logistics.
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4. Mr. Yonas Gebre (AE) won the best poster award at Interna-
tional Workshop on Sustainable Energy, Power and Propul-
sion (ISEPP2018) for his innovative work on the high
efficiency vertical axis wind turbine.
5. Ms. Ritika Tiwari (BSBE) has been awarded the Shastri Re-
search Student Fellowship (SRSF)-Doctoral award for the
year 2017-18 for 13 weeks to undertake a research project on
‘Role of SPINK1 in neuroendocrine transdifferentiation in
prostate cancer’ in Canada.
6. Ms. Punita Kumari (BSBE) was selected a co-recipient of the
Sun Pharma Science Scholar Award 2017 in the Bio-Medical
Sciences category.
7. Ms. Punita Kumari (BSBE) has received the first prize in the
Young Scientists Oral Presentation category at the 86thCon-
ference of Society of Biological Chemists held in JNU during
November 16th to 19th 2017.
8. Mr. Burra Gunasekhar (BSBE) has been elected the Chair for
"Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on CAG Triplet Repeat Dis-
orders" to be held in 2019-Italy.
9. Mr. Parvaiz A. Shiekh (BSBE) was awarded Torrent ISHR
Young Investigator Award at a conference on Cardiovascular
Research Convergence 2017: A scientific forum for
exchanging of research views between clinicians and basic
scientists,held on 12th August, 2017 at the THSTI
(Translational Health Science and Technology Institute)
Faridabad, jointly organised by THSTI (Faridabad)and AIIMS
(New Delhi) in collaboration with International Society for
Heart Research (ISHR, Indian chapter).
10. Mr. JacklinJekeNilling (CE) and Mr. Akshat Verma (CE) won
4thposition in the 7thInternational Groundwater Conference
(IGWC-2017) held at ICAR-NASC Complex, New Delhi (De-
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cember 11-13, 2017), organised jointly by NIH, Roorkee, Cen-
tral Ground Water Board, India, Texas A&M,and AGGS. Poster
Title: “Geochemical Analysis of Arsenic Speciation in Ground-
water”.
11. Ms. Khushboo Suman (CHE), Mr. Indresh Chaudhary (CHE)
and Mr. Mohammad Khalid (CHE) have been chosen for the
best poster award at the CompFlu 2017 symposium (Sympo-
sium on Complex fluids) held at IIT Madras.
12. Ms. Shweta Dixit (CHE) received the Best Paper Award under
session of Waste Water Treatment, in 70thAnnual Session of
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON-2017) on
Versatility of Chemical Engineering to Meet Societal
Challenges, organized by Haldia Regional Center in
association with Department of Chemical Engineering, HIT,
Haldia, (December 27-30, 2017). Paper titled: "Development
of a Recombinant Bacterium for Mineralization of Hazardous
Sulphonated Aromatic Amines from Industrial Wastewater".
13. Mr. Saikat Das (CHM) received Cash Prize Award in Organic
Chemistry Symposium held at IIT Kanpur for the paper titled:
“Enantiospecific Total Syntheses of Carbazole Alkaloids
Murrayamines-O,P and Marine Natural Products Hapalin-
dole-H, 12-epi-Hapalindole-UName:”.
14. Mr. Hilal Ahmad Pal (CHM) received Cash Prize Award in Or-
ganic Chemistry Symposium held at IIT Kanpur for the paper
titled: “Self-assembling soft structures for intracellular NO re-
lease and promotion of neurite outgrowth”.
15. Mr. Bapan Saha (CHM) received Book Prize Award in Organic
Chemistry Symposium held at IIT Kanpur for the title: “Supra-
molecularChirogenesis: Chirality Induction, Inversion and
Amplification”.
16. Ms. Deepti Kalsi (CHM) received Book Prize Award in Organic
Chemistry Symposium held at IIT Kanpur for the paper titled
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“Co (III)-Catalyzed Isonitrile Insertion/Acyl-Group Migration
Between C-H and N-H Bonds of Arylamides” respectively.
17. Mr. Prithwidip Saha (CHM) has received the IUVSTA-Elsevier
Student Award for his presentation at 33rd European Confer-
ence on Surface Science (ECOSS) held at Szeged, Hungary dur-
ing 27th Aug. to 1st September 2017.
18. Ms. Chetna Yadav (CHM) received the best poster award in
International Union Crystallography Congress held at Hyder-
abad (August 21-28, 2017) for her work titled "Influence of
Sterics on the Self-Assembly of Sterically-Hindered
Arylsufonamides".
19. Mr. SagarmoyMondal (CHM) has been awarded the Best
Poster Award in an International Symposium -CPMD 2017,
held in Tsukuba, Japan (Oct 18-20, 2017) for his poster titled
“Ab Initio MD Simulations with Hybrid Functionals: Imple-
mentation and Application”. This work was carried together
with a BS-MS student, Ms. JayashritaDebnath (CHM) as a part
of her MS Project.
20. A recent paper of Mr. Vijay Kumar Maka (CHM) titled "Photo-
chromic 2D MetalOrganic Framework Nanosheets (MONs):
Design, Synthesis, and Functional MON-Ormosil Composite"
is published in the journal, CHEM. The workdemonstrates
that 2-dimensional metal-organic nanosheets (MONs) con-
structed from photochromic building blocks can be used for
the desired optical properties in photochromic polymers.
This research will have many applications notably in ophthal-
mic lenses. CHEM is a prestigious journal published by the
Cell Press.
21. Mr. Vipin Mishra (CHM) has received the best paper presen-
tation award for the work entitled "Two dimensional materi-
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als for electronic applications" at the International Confer-
ence on Thin Film (ICTF-17), held during Nov 13-17, 2017, at
CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India.
22. Mr.Mrigank Singh Verma (CHM) has received 'RSC Best
Poster Award' for his presentation at the National Sympo-
sium on Convergence of Chemistry and Materials (CCM
2017), held at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, during Dec 21-
22, 2017.
23. Mr. Vishwesh Jatala (CSE) for his poster titled “GREENER: A
Tool for Improving Energy Efficiency of GPU Register File” has
been selected for the Best Poster Award at the 24th IEEE
International Conference on High Performance Computing,
Data, and Analytics, Student Research Symposium (HiPC,
SRS), held during Dec 18-21, 2017 in Jaipur, India.
24. Vishwesh Jatala (CSE), Ph.D. student received the"Best Poster
Award" at the 24th IEEE International Conference on High
Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics, Student Re-
search Symposium (HiPC, SRS), for his work titled "
GREENER: A Tool for Improving Energy Efficiency of GPU
Register File".
25. Umair Z. Ahmed (CSE) won the best poster award for the
work titled "Automated Example Hint Generation for Syntax
Errors in Student Programming Assignments" during his in-
ternship at IBM Bangalore.
26. Mr. Nayan Deshmukh, Mr. Snehil Verma, Mr. Prakhar Agrawal
(CSE) won the second prize for their outstanding perfor-
mance at the International symposium on Computer Archi-
tecture.
27. Ms. Ritika Singh (Design) has been awarded the Gandhian
Young Technological Innovation Award 2018.
28. Mr. C Vimal (Design) has been awarded the Gandhian Young
Technological Innovation Award 2018 for his thesis project
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titled TULO- An automated mandibular advancement device
for the treatment of sleep apnea.
29. Mr. Karthik. P B (Design) has won The Red Dot Design Award
for 2017 hosted by the Design ZentrumNordrheinWestfalen
in Essen, Germany.
30. Mr. Ashish Mohandas (Design) has become the first Indian
National to receive the 'James Dyson Award' by the James Dy-
son Foundation for his work titled "Design and development
of an efficient low-cost retrofit patient transfer stretcher".
31. Mr. Gajendra Raikwar (Design) received the Design Hacka-
thon Award hosted by Adani group.
32. Ms. Soumya Sahoo (EE), VandanaPawreya and Apoorva
Shukla (CE) received an award titled “Pratibha: An Eaton Ex-
cellence Award 2017-2018” by Eaton India.
33. IITK-TCS team reached to the podium finish at the Amazon
Robotics Challenge 2017, Nagoya, Japan. (EE).
34. Mr. Nachiketa Deshmukh, Abhinav Arya and Avinash
Maguluri (EE) have been selected the University Challenge
winners of the DST–Lockheed Martin–Tata Trusts India Inno-
vation Growth Programme (IIGP) 2.0 for 2017. Their innova-
tion is in the area of Solar PV Inverters.
35. Ms. Asha Sharma (EE) has been granted the 2017 IEEE DEIS
(Dielectrics and Insulation Society) Fellowship, for her pro-
ject entitled "Modelling of interfaces in Nano-dielectrics using
Electron Force Microscopy".
36. Dr. Sinnu Susan Thomas (EE) has received the Gandhian
Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) 2018 Award from the
Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technolo-
gies and Institutions (SRISTI).
37. Mr. S. Vinoth Kumar (EE) received ‘Honors Award’ for his
work entry titled “Design of a Two Port Dual-Polarized Trefoil
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Torus Knot Antenna using Characteristic Mode Analysis” in
2017 FEKO Design Competition.
38. Mr. Girish Pahwa (EE), for “Energy-Delay Tradeoffs in Nega-
tive Capacitance FinFET based CMOS Circuits” has been
selected for the best paper award in IEEE International Con-
ference on Emerging Electronics (ICEE), Mumbai, India, Dec.
2016.
39. Dr. Kushmanda Saurav (EE) has been awarded the best thesis
for his thesis entitled “Studies On Multi-band Linearly and
Circularly Polarized Printed Antennas For Wireless
Communication Systems” in the Electronics track of the Ph.D.
symposium organized by IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section
International Conference on Electrical, Computer and
Electronics (IEEE UPCON 2017) held at GLA University,
Mathura (26-28 October 2017).
40. A paper titled "A Polarization-Insensitive Frequency Selective
Radome with Wideband Absorption" authored by Mr. Ritesh
Pandey (EE), Saptarshi Ghosh (EE), Harsh Sheokand (EE),
Mondeep Saikia (EE) has received the Best Paper Award in
"Antenna and Microwave" track in "4th IEEE UP Section
Conference on Electrical, Computer and Electronics (IEEE
UPCON)" organized by IEEE UP Section and hosted by GLA
University Mathura.
41. Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh (EE) has been selected as one of the
Young Scientist Awardees in 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science
Meeting (AT-RASC) held at Gran Canaria, Spain during May
27- June 2, 2018.
42. Mr. Priyank Rastogi (EE) has been awarded for the Best Oral
Presentation under Advances in Electron Devices track in
IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and
Communication Technologies (IEEE-CONECCT 2018)
organised by IEEE Bangalore for the paper on "Diameter
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Scaling in III-V Gate-All-Around Transistor for Different
Cross-Sections".
43. Mr. Ankit Yadav (EE), for his paper titled "Modular Multi-level
Converter Topologies: Present Status and Key Challenges"
has been selected for the best paper award in IEEE UP section
International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Elec-
tronics (IEEE UPCON 2017) held at GLA University, Mathura
(26-28 October 2017).
44. Mr. S. Vinoth Kumar (EE) has received the best paper award
for his paper titled “Circularly Polarized 3D Printed Knot An-
tenna with Sequential-Phase Feed” at 2017 IEEE Interna-
tional Conference on Antenna Innovations & Modern Tech-
nologies for Ground, Aircraft and Satellite Applications (iAIM
2017) at Bangalore, India on 24-26 November 2017.
45. The paper titled “Differential Quasi Self-Complimentary
(QSC) Ultra-Wideband (UWB) MIMO Antenna” authored by
Ms. Yashika Sharma (EE), Mr. Debdeep Sarkar (EE) and Mr.
Kushmanda Saurav (EE) has been selected for NNSSRK Best
Female Student Paper Award in "IEEE International
Conference on Antenna Innovations and Modern
Technologies (IEEE iAIM)" organized by IEEE Bangalore
section.
46. Mr. Debdeep Sarkar (EE), for his paper titled “A Compact
Two-Port MIMO Antenna with Enhanced Isolation using SRR-
loaded Slot-loop” has received the second prize in the student
paper competition (SPC) in "IEEE Applied Electromagnetics
Conference (IEEE AEMC)", organized by IEEE Kolkata section
in MIT Aurangabad.
47. Mr. Adarsh Patel (EE) has been selected for Innovative Stu-
dent Projects Award 2017 by Indian National Academy of En-
gineering (INAE).
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48. Mr. Suraj Srivastava and Ms. Saumya Dwivedi (EE) have been
selected for the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF)
2018-2019 for an innovative idea entitled "Sparse Signal Pro-
cessing for 5G mm Wave MIMO Technology."
49. Ms. Seema Kumari (ES) has been selected DAAD fellow to pur-
sue one year research work at University of Münster, Ger-
many.
50. Ms. Sohini Bhattacharjee (ES) has been selected DAAD fellow
to pursue one year research work at University of Potsdam,
Germany.
51. Dipro Sarkar’s (ES) Ph.D. work featured in a film “Mighty Riv-
ers” broadcasted on Animal Planet on 8th April 2018.
52. Mr. Gaurav Seth (IME) has received Best Student Paper
Award in 24th IAMB Conference, organized in collaboration
with University of Wollongong, Dubai (October 9-11, 2017)
for his paper titled "Does Global Capital Adequacy Regulation
Hamper Growth of Bank Credit? Evidence from Indian
Banks".
53. Mr. Vinayak A. Drave (IME) has published a conceptual paper
on “Strategy and Supply Chain Structure of E-Tailers in India”.
After extensive Data collection and analysis the work got rec-
ognized by the Retailers association of India and published as
a cover story (The changing interplay of Strategy , supply
chain & Retail) in their quarterly magazine Storai (Vol 9 | Is-
sue 3; March_April 2018).
54. MrSahil Kalra (ME) has been awarded excellent paper award
in the 11th International Symposium at IPS, Waseda Univer-
sity, Japan for the paper "Intelligent RF Radiation Pattern
Control by Reconfigurable Space Antenna".
55. Mr. Sanjay Kumar (ME) has won Merit Award for the IFMBE
sponsored Young Investigator Award 2017 at the 10th Asian-
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Pacific Conference on Medical and Bio-Engineering held at
Penang Malaysia.
56. Mr. Ram Krishna Shah (ME) and Md. Asfer (ME) received the
Best Poster Award at the 24th National, and 2nd International
ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-
2017) held at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, (December 27-
30, 2017) for the paper titled: “Control And Manipulation of
Air - Ferrofluid Taylor Bubble Flow in a Magneto-Fluidic
System”.
57. Mr. Vikram Soni (ME) has received the Best Student Paper
Award in "12th IIR Conference on Phase Change Material and
Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning" for the paper
titled "Behaviour of Phase Change Material during Discharge
Stage in a Thermal Energy Storage System: An Experimental
and Numerical Study".
58. Mr. Puneet Jindal (ME) has won the Best Poster Award in the
workshop on 'Battery Technologies and Electric Mobility’ or-
ganized by HPCL R&D Centre, Bangalore for the poster titled
"Thermal Behaviour of Li-ion Batteries at High Discharge
Rates."
59. Mr. Sankalp Verma (MSE) received the best poster award at
International conference for advances in polymer science and
technology, organized by Asian Polymer Association at New
Delhi (23rd-25th November 2017).
60. Mr. Prvan Kumar Katiyar (MSE), for his poster titled “Corro-
sion behavior of newly developed TMT steel rebars” has been
selected for the Best Poster Award in International Confer-
ence on Advanced Materials and Processes ADMAT 2017,
SkyMat held during December 14-16, 2017 at Thiruvanantha-
puram, India.
61. Dr. Md. Faisal (MSE), received Hydrogen Energy and Ad-
vanced Materials (HEAM) Young Scientist Award 2018 along
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with a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 at University of Kerala by In-
dian Association of HEAM, funded by ONGC at Trivandrum,
India, Mar. 5-6, 2018.
62. Ms. Khushubo Devi (MSE) has been selected for an internship
from NIMS, Japan to work with Dr. Alok Singh.
63. Mr. Nirmal Kumar (MSE) has got funding from SERB/DST to
attend the International Conference on Rapidly Quenched
and Metastable Materials (RQ16) Leoben, Austria.
64. Mr. Prabhat K. Rai (MSE), 'Corrosion and wear behavior of
harmonic structured SUS304L austenitic stainless steel' has
been selected for the 'Best Poster Award' in ' 13th Interna-
tional Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnolo-
gy' held during October 26-28, 2017 in Osaka, Japan.
65. H. S. Maharana (MSE), chosen for the Best poster award for
the paper: "Electrophoretic Deposition of Cu-RGO Composite
Coatings and its High Temperature Oxidation Resistance" au-
thored by H. S. Maharana, A.Basu, K. Mondal, ICAMP ADMAT-
SkyMat, Thiruvananthapuram, 14-16 Dec 2017.
66. Mr. Pravan Kumar Katiyar (MSE), Best poster award for the
paper: "Corrosion behaviour of Newly Developed TMT Steel
Rebars" authored by Prvan Kumar Katiyar, S. Misraand K.
Mondal, ICAMP ADMAT-SkyMat, Thiruvananthapuram, 14-16
December 2017.
67. Ms. Semanti Mukhopadhyay (MSE) has been selected "Gold
Award winner" ASM India - FluidthermMasters Award for her
distinguished Master’s research in the area of Materials Sci-
ence and Engineering.
68. Ms. Ambreen Nisar (MSE) has been selected "Silver Award
winner" ASM India - Pradeep Metals Ph.D. Award for her dis-
tinguished Doctoral research in the area of Materials Science
and Engineering.
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69. Mr. Krashnavtar (MSE) has been selected for Dr. A K Bose
Gold Medal, 2017 from the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM).
70. Mr. Arjak Bhattacharjee (MSE) has won the Best Poster
Award for his poster entitled, "Crystal Chemistry of Transi-
tion Metal Doped Apatites and Their Potential as Antibacte-
rial Agent" in NMD-ATM 2017 conference, organized by In-
dian Institute of Metals during 11th - 14th November in Goa.
71. Mr. Prabhat Kumar Rai (MSE) has been selected for the Best
Poster Award in '13th International Conference on Advanced
Materials, and Nanotechnology' held during October 26-28,
2017 in Osaka, Japan for his poster titled 'Corrosion and wear
behavior of harmonic structured SUS304L austenitic stainless
steel'.
72. Mr. Sourav Biswas (PHY), for his poster presentation on dy-
namic hysteresis in micro-SQUID has received the best poster
award at the conference, Recent Trend in Condensed Matter
Physics, held at Kolkata during Oct 31-Nov 3.
73. Mr. Anuj Ram Baitha (PHY), for his work titled “Radiation
Belts and Particle Diffusion in a Plasma Confined by a Dipole
Magnet” has received the Best oral presentation award
(session: Plasma Diagnostics) in 32nd National Symposium
on Plasma Science and Technology (PLASMA 2017), jointly
organized by the Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI) and
the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar
(Gujarat) during November 7-10, 2017.
74. Ms. Kalyani Barman (PHY), for her poster titled “Optical
Emission Spectroscopy and Electrical Modelling of
Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets” has received Poster
presentation award (session: Basic Plasma) in 32nd National
Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology (PLASMA
2017), jointly organized by the Plasma Science Society of
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India (PSSI) and the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR),
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) during November 7-10, 2017.
75. Ms. Kavita Rathore (PHY), for her poster titled “Application Of
Fractal Dimension for the Study of Tomographic Images of a
Microwave Induced Compact Plasma” has received Poster
presentation award (session: Plasma Diagnostics) in 32nd
National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology
(PLASMA 2017), jointly organized by the Plasma Science
Society of India (PSSI) and the Institute for Plasma Research
(IPR), Gandhinagar (Gujarat) during November 7-10, 2017.
76. Ms. Meenaxi Sharma (PHY), for her poster titled “Effect of oil
viscosity on sinking behavior of aqueous drops on lubricating
fluid based slippery surfaces” has received the best poster
award during 'COMPFLU 2017', held at IIT Madras during Dec
18 - Dec 20.
77. Mr. Anil Kumar Singh (PHY) received the best poster award
in the Annual Meeting on Physics of Strongly Correlated Elec-
tron Systems (PSCES), held at IIT Mandi (2-4 April 2018). The
Title of his poster was "Role of Charge-State of Interface De-
fects on Electronic Inhomogeneity Evolution with Gate Volt-
age in Graphene".
78. Mr. Ankit Kumar (PHY) and Mr. Biplab Bag received the best
poster award in 62nd DAE Solid State Physics Symposium
held at BARC, Mumbai (December 26-30,2017) for the poster
titled: "Interplay of Superconductivity and Magnetic Fluctua-
tions in Single Crystals of BaFe2-xCoxAs2".
Major Projects sanctioned
1. Nuclear Specific Delivery Of Anticancer Drug Via Ligand-Free
PDMS Nanoparticles (DBT)
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2. Climbing with support: Scaling volcano in electrocatalytic oxy-
gen-evolution, chlorine-evolution and Co2 reduction reactions
(SERB)
3. Functional Characterization of Metabolism Related Genes
(MRGs) with restricted expression in the developing vertebrate
nervous system (DBT)
4. Effect of crystallographic texture on fracturebehaviour of tita-
nium and T16A14V using digital image correlation and electron
backscatter diffraction (SERB)
5. Optical-Waveguide sensor for accurate detection of bio-con-
taminant in drinking water (SERB)
6. Nanohybrids for Hydrogen Storage (SERB)
7. Modeling Diheme Enzyme MauG: Understanding Nature's De-
sign, Structure-Function Correlation and Application (SERB)
8. Dust or Soot? Tracing the Primary Drivers of Increased Glacial
Melt of the Himalayan Glaciers (DST)
9. Modeling and imaging of gas hydrate reservoirs using inte-
grated techniques (ONGC)
10. Compact Plasmon-based Bio-sensor and Imager (DST)
11. (Big) Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIRAC)
12. PPP Mode Industry Projects (KIS)
13. Development of gas sensors for detection of adulteration and
milk spoilage (KIS)
14. Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Nanoparticle-
based Photonic Elements (SERB)
15. Delineation of shallow subsurface morphotectonics below the
central seismic gap-Himalaya using an integration of passive
and controlled source seismology (SERB)
16. Development Of NASICON framework Cathode for All-Solid-
State Na-ion Battery (SERB)
17. Modeling and imaging of Gas Hydrates reservoirs using inte-
grated techniques (ONGC)
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18. Micro-mechanisms of Deformation and Development of Pro-
cessing Map for Novel Single and Multiphase High Entropy Al-
loys (SERB)
19. Development Of in-Situ contactless thermometer and viscome-
ter through spatiotemporal control at nano-scale dimension to
unravel the dynamics of complex system: vibrating molecules,
colloidal clusters and multiple phases (SERB)
20. Explaining the puzzling experimental observations of polymer
dynamics in solutions (SERB)
21. Development Of Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) Tech-
nique For Density Measurement And Visualization In Buoyant
Plumes (BARC)
22. Modeling of mechanical properties of AHSS steels using ad-
vanced characterization tools (TCS)
23. Human-Driven Full-Size 4WS4WD Electric Vehicle (SERB)
24. Micro-SQUID magnetometry of nano-scale magneticstructures
(IFCPAR)
25. Learning Robotic Motor Skills, Visual Control and Perception
for Warehouse Automation (DST)
26. Novel Chiral First Row Transition Metal Complexes for Asym-
metric Catalysis via Activation of Inert C-H And C-Heteroatom
Bonds (CEFIPRA)
27. Investigate The Role Of Distal-Less Homebox-1 (Dlx1) In Trans-
differentiation Of Prostate Cancer Cells And Neoplastic Progres-
sion (SERB)
28. Investigating the role of BMP signaling in pathogenesis of os-
teoarthritis (DBT)
29. DAPHNE; Delhi Air Pollution Health And Effects (DBT)
30. Indo-UK Joint Project Entitled: Towards An Integrated Ap-
proach For Assessing The Impact Of Climatic Stresses On Agri-
culture And The Exchange Of Green House Gas On The IGP
(DST)
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31. A hybrid nanoparticle-viral vector system for targeted gene
transfer in Acute Myeloid leukemia (DST)
32. Bioactive molecule (TGF β1 and Wnt/β-catenin Inhibitor) pre-
senting injectable double network hydrogels for cartilage re-
generation (DBT)
33. Regional Hub And Technical Centre(Technology Submission of
Pradhan MantriAwasYojna, Ministry of Housing and Poverty Al-
leviation) (MHPA)
34. Indo-UK Center for education and research in clean energy
(DST)
35. Characterition and Fluidic Thrust Vector Control of GHATAK el-
liptic nozzle model fitted to miniature gas turbine engine (ADA)
36. Bifunctional Catalysts for Cooperative C-H Bond Cleavage via
IntramolecularDeprotonation toward Direct Functionalizations
of Alkaness (CEFIPRA)
37. Loop Heat Pipes for Avionics and Terrestrial Applications
(IFCPAR)
38. Development of National Blockchain and demonstrate for two
strategic applications (NSCS)
39. Enhanced Coal-Bed-Methane and Shale-Gas recovery from un-
derground reservoirs aided by permeability enhancement and
CO2 sequestration-an experimental approach (ONGC)
40. Indigenous 5g Test Bed Design (DOT)
41. Developing Bone Active Molecule Functionalized Biomaterials
For Prevention/ Treatment Of Osteoporotic Fractures (DBT)
42. Design &Retrofitment for developing Methanol fuelled large
bore engine (EMD 710: 4500hp) for Locomotive marine &
Power generation Applications (DST)
43. Design & Development of Aquatic Autonomous Observatory
(NiracaraSvayamsasitaVedhshala-NSVS) for In-situ Monitoring,
Real Time Data Transmission &Web BasedVisualization
(IUSSTF)
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44. Streaming Analytics Over Temporal Variables From Air Quality
Monitoring (SATVAM) (IUSSTF)
45. Bio NEST - (BIRAC)
46. UI-ASSIST: US India collAborative for smart diStribution System
wIthSTorage (IUSSTF)
47. ICME National Hub (TCS)
48. Development of nano-bio-platforms for early diagnostics of
chronic diseases (DST)
49. Dynamics of subduction interface and its implication for earth-
quake generating frictional sliding to volcano feeding partial
melting in convergent plate tectonic boundaries (DST)
50. UK India Clean Energy Research Institute (DST)
51. Design and Development of Adoptive Intelligent PHMR for Fuel
Transportation Systems(GAIL)
52. Focus Incubation Centre (Technical Textile) (MOT)
53. Re-synchronizable Grid Interactive Inverters for Indian Rooftop
Solar PV Systems (DST)
54. Development of a highly efficient and immunologically inert
adeno-associated virus based vector system for retinal gene
therapy (WT)
Labs/ Facilities developed
1. Established a protein crystallization unit as part of the FIST
scheme (BSBE).
2. Dark-Field Scattering Microspectroscopy (SERB) (CHM)
3. Energy Analytics Lab (EAL): Five-year CSR supported funding
for setting up of EAL. Agency: Indian Energy Exchange Ltd. PI:
Dr. Anoop Singh (IME).
4. Centre for Energy Regulation (CER) Agency: Government of
United Kingdom through Department for International Devel-
opment (DFID). PI: Dr. Anoop Singh (IME).
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Software developed
1. TreadWill: automated delivery of cognitive behavioral ther-
apy for depression (BSBE).
Technologies developed
1. Fully autonomous rotary-winged unmanned aerial vehicle
(RUAV) of 10 kg class has been developed at IIT Kanpur, and
the onboard autopilot software developed for autonomous
control and navigation to this class of RUAVs has been
transferred to HAL RWR&DC Bangalore (AE).
2. General purpose multi-platform / vehicle autopilot NAAVIK
(Navigation for Autonomous Aerial Vehicles by IIT Kanpur)
for autonomous control and navigation of fixed and rotary
wing UAVs (AE).
3. A new high-efficiency helicopter design has been developed
which employs a novel method for anti-torque balancing of
the helicopter by employing dissimilar coaxial rotors (AE).
4. Innovative internal combustion engine powered high endur-
ance variable pitch quadrotor Unmanned Air Vehicle has been
developed and demonstrated (AE).
5. Variable pitch quadrotortailsitter UAV for payload delivery: a
proof of concept prototype has been developedand flight
tested, a proposal has been submitted to HAL RWR&DC Ban-
galore (AE).
6. A novel low-costhigh-efficiency Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
(VAWT) with dynamic blade pitching (resulting in low
startup speed and high powercoefficient) suitable for low
wind areas have been developed and demonstrated (AE).
7. Developed physics based helicopter comprehensive analysis
software called CARMA (AE).
8. Physics-based software for flight dynamic analysis of helicop-
ters has been developed with blade model having full flap-lag-
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torsion degrees of freedom, unsteady aerodynamics and dy-
namic inflow. This software has been transferred to Aeronau-
tical Development Establishment (ADE) for its application in
Naval Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Project (NRUAV)
(AE).
9. Developed and demonstrated the flight of world’s first Re-
mote Controlled Boomerang UAV called “Sudarshan”; a pa-
tent has been filed on this design (AE).
10. Autopilot Development for Fixed-wing and Rotary-Wing Un-
manned Vehicles (AE).
11. Designed a prototype development of hand-launched (10kg
class) fixed-wing UAV for Tata Advisory Systems Limited
(TASL) (AE).
12. Solar UAV fixed wing; the design has been taken over by VTOL
Aviation (AE).
13. Design and developed as flight tested a scale model of ADA,
Stealth aircraft (AE).
14. Design and developed code to analyse stability aspects of
super cavitating projectile (underwater) NSTL Vishakhapat-
nam (AE).
15. Sulfated polysaccharide mediated growth factor presentation
in scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering (BSBE).
16. A non-invasive nanoparticle-based drug delivery system for
the treatment of posterior eye diseases (BSBE).
17. The SPICE model (Titled: ASM-HEMT) developed jointly by
Dr. Yogesh Chauhan (EE) has been selected the world’s first
industry standard model for Gallium Nitride High Electron
Mobility Transistor (GaN HEMT) by Silicon Integration Initia-
tive’s Compact Model Coalition (CMC).
18. Developed Solar PV drivenrefrigerated cart for vendors by
Akhil Singh Charak (ME).